Sapphire v8 for Avid

Installation Instructions - Windows

Make sure you have one or more of the following Avid products on Windows:

Media Composer

any version

Media Composer Meridien

v8 or greater

Symphony

any version

Xpress Pro

any version

Xpress DV

any version

Xpress

v2 or greater

Newscutter

v3 or greater

DS or DS Nitris

10.2.1 or greater (please update your DS if you have DS 10.2)

Quit your Avid software if it is running. If you have an older version of Sapphire 8 or 7 or 6 you do not need to un-install it. The new installation will just replace it without removing any existing serial number.

Do not use Sapphire v8 on DS 10.2; please update your DS to 10.2.1 or later first since it has improved AVX2 compatibility. 10.5 or later is recommended for best results.

Either run the program from its current location, or save it to disk and then execute it from wherever you saved it. Follow the instructions given by the installer.

Sapphire v8 should load all old sequences saved with older Sapphire versions, including v1 - v7.

Sapphire 8 is an AVX2 plug-in. Avid has deprecated support for the old AVX1 interface, but AVX2 plug-ins can read old sequences saved with AVX1 plug-ins.

When you restart your Avid software, the new version v8 plug-ins should appear in the Effect Palette in the Sapphire categories. On DS, you should find the new effect presets in the DS Presets/Sapphire folders. You can simply use these effects just as you would any other effect.

For on-line help installed locally on your workstation, go to: Start -> Programs -> GenArts Sapphire AVX -> Online Help. A “Help” dialog is also provided when using a plug-in, which gives information about that plug-in currently being used.

New in 8.15:

Fixed a bug where S_Grain would go from color to monochrome after 524,000+ frames.

Removed erroneous warnings about a missing Reprise directory.

Licenses can now be activated off-line using command line tools.

When activating licenses offline, support can now see which machines are activated.

Fixed a bug in Effect Builder where moving a node to a disconnected edge does not work correctly.

Fixed a bug that could cause multiple Preset Browsers to start.

New in 8.14:

Fixed a bug that caused point params to be set incorrectly when loading a preset in an interlaced Media Composer project in green/green mode.

Fixed a few issues that stopped the Flare Editor from opening on systems set to use some non-English languages.

Fixed an erroneous warning about missing directories on machines running a free trial or floating license.

OSX: Fixed a bug that prevented 7 and 8 from using the same license.

Added new S_Effects, S_Transitions, Lensflare, and single effect presets.

New in 8.01:

Prevent crashes on Windows when GPU renders take too long.

Reduced intensity of some Swish3D presets to speed up renders and avoid Windows GPU driver issues.

Builder: fixed a bug where saved presets sometimes did not show up in the Preset Browser.

Fixed license activation problems on Mac.

VintageColor2Strip: improved results when Red Filter or Bluegreen Filter is set to black.

Fixed a memory leak in Builder.

Resetting point parameters to their defaults now works correctly.

GradientMulti now handles pixel aspect ratio correctly.

Streaks: setting Mask Type to Alpha now works correctly.

BleachBypass: Fixed incorrect renders when GrainAmpRed was set to zero.

Caustics: fixed artifacts at the edge of the image when using a custom Bumps pattern.

This software may use the Qt user interface framework. Qt is distributed under the terms of the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html for more details. The source code for Qt is available here.

Installation Instructions - Mac

Version 8.15 is now available!

To Download and install:

Make sure you have one or more of the following Avid products:

Media Composer

2.0 or greater

Symphony

1.0 or greater

Xpress Pro

5.0 or greater

Make sure you are running Mac OS X 10.5 or greater.

Quit your Avid software if it is running. If you have an older version of Sapphire 6 or 7 or v8 you do not need to un-install it. The new installation will just replace it without removing any existing serial number.

Follow the instructions given by the installer. When it asks for your username and password, just enter your Mac user login password.

Sapphire v8 should load all old sequences saved with older Sapphire versions, including v1 - v7.

Sapphire 8 is an AVX2 plug-in. Avid has deprecated support for the old AVX1 interface, but AVX2 plug-ins can read old sequences saved with AVX1 plug-ins.

When you restart your Avid software, the new version v8 plug-ins should appear in the Effect Palette in the Sapphire categories. You can simply use these effects just as you would any other effect.

For on-line help installed locally on your workstation, go to the Applications folder, double click on GenArtsSapphireAVX and select the online documentation. A “Help” dialog is also provided when using a plug-in, which gives information about that plug-in currently being used.

New in 8.15:

Fixed a bug where S_Grain would go from color to monochrome after 524,000+ frames.

Removed erroneous warnings about a missing Reprise directory.

Licenses can now be activated off-line using command line tools.

When activating licenses offline, support can now see which machines are activated.

Fixed a bug in Effect Builder where moving a node to a disconnected edge does not work correctly.

Fixed a bug that could cause multiple Preset Browsers to start.

New in 8.14:

Fixed a bug that caused point params to be set incorrectly when loading a preset in an interlaced Media Composer project in green/green mode.

Fixed a few issues that stopped the Flare Editor from opening on systems set to use some non-English languages.

Fixed an erroneous warning about missing directories on machines running a free trial or floating license.

OSX: Fixed a bug that prevented 7 and 8 from using the same license.

Added new S_Effects, S_Transitions, Lensflare, and single effect presets.

New in 8.01:

Prevent crashes on Windows when GPU renders take too long.

Reduced intensity of some Swish3D presets to speed up renders and avoid Windows GPU driver issues.

Builder: fixed a bug where saved presets sometimes did not show up in the Preset Browser.

Fixed license activation problems on Mac.

VintageColor2Strip: improved results when Red Filter or Bluegreen Filter is set to black.

Fixed a memory leak in Builder.

Resetting point parameters to their defaults now works correctly.

GradientMulti now handles pixel aspect ratio correctly.

Streaks: setting Mask Type to Alpha now works correctly.

BleachBypass: Fixed incorrect renders when GrainAmpRed was set to zero.

Caustics: fixed artifacts at the edge of the image when using a custom Bumps pattern.

This software may use the Qt user interface framework. Qt is distributed under the terms of the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL), Version 2.1; see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html for more details. The source code for Qt is available here.

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